Exploring Cybersecurity Techniques and Threats

The video introduces cybersecurity, emphasizing its importance in protecting computer systems and data. It explains the goals of cybersecurity: secrecy, integrity, and availability. The video discusses threat models, authentication methods, and access control, highlighting the need for multi-factor authentication. It also covers software security, isolation techniques, and the importance of minimizing code to reduce vulnerabilities. The video concludes with a preview of upcoming topics like encryption and network security.

Why is cybersecurity compared to physical security measures like locks and fences?

• Because both are only necessary in large organizations.

• Because both aim to minimize crime and harm.

• Because both are easy to implement.

• Because both are used to protect against natural disasters.

What is an attack on the secrecy of data?

• A hacker sending emails pretending to be you.

• A hacker revealing credit card information.

• A hacker overloading a website with fake requests.

• A hacker stealing your physical laptop.

What does a threat model help security experts to do?

• Reduce the cost of cybersecurity.

• Increase the speed of the computer.

• Eliminate all possible threats.

• Prepare against specific threats.

Which of the following is an example of 'what you know' authentication?

• Username and password

• Fingerprint scanner

• Smartphone

• Physical key

Why is a brute force attack effective against 4-digit PINs?

• Because there are only ten thousand possible combinations.

• Because humans can easily guess them.

• Because they are stored in plain text.

• Because they use special symbols.

What is the main advantage of 'what you have' authentication?

• It is easy to remember.

• It is not guessable.

• It does not require physical presence.

• It is always free.

What is the Bell-LaPadula model primarily concerned with?

• Preventing accidental leakage of top secret information.

• Increasing system performance.

• Preventing unauthorized data modification.

• Ensuring data availability.

What is the purpose of Access Control Lists (ACL)?

• To increase the speed of the computer.

• To describe what access each user has for every file, folder, and program.

• To reduce the cost of cybersecurity.

• To eliminate all possible threats.

What is the principle of isolation in software security?

• Reducing the cost of cybersecurity.

• Limiting and containing damage when a program is compromised.

• Increasing the number of users on a system.

• Ensuring that all programs run at the same time.

Why is it important to have security code open-sourced?

• To reduce the cost of development.

• To allow external developers to audit and find bugs.

• To increase the speed of the computer.

• To eliminate all possible threats.